A Fifa report indicates that 55% of footballers present at Euro 2021 and CAN 2022 have received hate messages on social networks.
The International Football Federation (Fifa) published a report on Saturday pointing to the increase in the number of insults suffered by footballers on social networks during international competitions, and presented a plan to fight.
Five months before the World Cup in Qatar (November 21-December 18), Fifa is joining forces with the international players' union, Fifpro, to design a plan to protect teams, players, referees and supporters against the insults that circulate on social networks in times of international competition, is it explained in a press release.
A report released on the International Day for No Hate Speech on Saturday studied more than 400,000 social media posts during the semi-finals and final of two international competitions, the Euro in 2021 and the Africa Cup in 2022, showing that more than half of the players have received insults coming, in large part, from their own compatriots.